LoongArch: Add kernel livepatching support
authorJinyang He <hejinyang@loongson.cn>
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:23:47 +0000 (22:23 +0800)
committerHuacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:23:47 +0000 (22:23 +0800)
commit199cc14cb4f1cb8668be45f67af41755ed5f0175
treecf3436e1832645f7e5537e929b2453be3061291b
parentcb8a2ef0848ca80d67d6d56e2df757cfdf6b3355
LoongArch: Add kernel livepatching support

The arch-specified function ftrace_regs_set_instruction_pointer() has
been implemented in arch/loongarch/include/asm/ftrace.h, so here only
implement arch_stack_walk_reliable() function.

Here are the test logs:

[root@linux fedora]# cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.8.0-rc2 root=/dev/sda3

[root@linux fedora]# modprobe livepatch-sample
[root@linux fedora]# cat /proc/cmdline
this has been live patched

[root@linux fedora]# echo 0 > /sys/kernel/livepatch/livepatch_sample/enabled
[root@linux fedora]# rmmod livepatch_sample
[root@linux fedora]# cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.8.0-rc2 root=/dev/sda3

[root@linux fedora]# dmesg -t | tail -5
livepatch: enabling patch 'livepatch_sample'
livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': starting patching transition
livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': patching complete
livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': starting unpatching transition
livepatch: 'livepatch_sample': unpatching complete

Signed-off-by: Jinyang He <hejinyang@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
arch/loongarch/Kconfig
arch/loongarch/include/asm/thread_info.h
arch/loongarch/kernel/stacktrace.c